[EM] MMPO revisited

Kristofer Munsterhjelm km-elmet at broadpark.no
Fri Apr 9 14:58:10 PDT 2010


fsimmons at pcc.edu wrote:
> MMPO minimizes the maximum pairwise opposition, so in some sense tries to minimize the  total 
> disappointment that results from the MMPO winner being elected instead of some other candidate.
(...)
> In general no matter who wins, there will be disappointed voters.  Why not minimize the total 
> disappointment?

MMPO has a horrible Plurality failure:

100000: A
      1: A = C > B
      1: B = C > A
100000: B

and C wins.

Does this problem also exist in MMTD?



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